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   Alden makes an elegant shambles of our attempts to organize and prioritize what we find in the world.

- Elizabeth Robinson, judge of the Ann Fields Poetry Prize

Awards

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Ann Fields Prize in Poetry

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Andrea Goff Memorial Prize

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SF Browning Society Award for Dramatic Monologue

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School of Art ​​Broadside Prize

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Books, Inc. Poetry Grand Prize

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Finalist - MARY Editor's Prize

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Runner-up - Michael Rubin Book Award

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Finalist - Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize

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Semi-finalist - OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry

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Semi-finalist - Black River Chapbook Competition

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Honors

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William Dickey Fellow

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Judith Anne Ott Scholar

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Edward B. Kaufmann Scholar

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Marshall J. Miller Scholar

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Carolyn Irene Howard Memorial Scholar

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Gloria Spencer UWA scholar

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Distinguished Graduate MFA Honors

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Mensan

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Teaching

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Adjunct Faculty in Creative Writing - San Francisco State University

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Arts Enrichment Volunteer - The Mission Preparatory School

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Editing

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Creative Associate - Apogee Press

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Poetry Editor - Fourteen Hills

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Poetry Staff - Eliot Review

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Publications

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The Fold - New American Writing

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stars, after - (artist's book w/L. Samson-Tabakin) SFSU School of Art

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selections from Is It Enough to Have Feathers? - parentheses

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selections from Divorce Sonnets - parentheses

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Survival & the Maple - OmniVerse

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Neighbor - Love Is the Drug Anthology

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when the coffee is weak - Gravel

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aphrodite tells her friend about adonis - Leveler

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When We Have October - The Bastille​

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early signs of joy - Mothering

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Indium - The Wash

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​Tell - Viator

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Love Could Be Such a Thing - Viator

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The Sound - Viator

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//////////she eats unwashed fruit]]]]]]]]]]]]] - Viator

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yes and - VelRo Reader

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Little Key - The Walrus

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Affair - Transfer

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